Jack Kirkland (July 25, 1902 – February 22, 1969) was an American playwright, producer, director and screenwriter. Kirkland's greatest success was the play Tobacco Road, adapted from the Erskine Caldwell novel. His other plays included Frankie and Johnny, Tortilla Flat, Suds in your Eye, Mr. Adam, Man with the Golden Arm, and Mandingo. Jack Kirkland was married several times, including a marriage to actress and producer, Haila Stoddard, and he had several children with several wives, one of whom was the ballerina Gelsey Kirkland.